ARTS DIARY
Crucible community projects:
To accompany Sheffield Theatres’ forthcoming production of the Arthur Miller classic The Crucible at the Crucible theatre, community members and local school pupils are involved in projects responding to the themes of the play. The new production of The Crucible opens today and runs until the end of the month. Witchcraft and female community are among the themes of the play and the modern interpretation of witchcraft provided an inspiration for creativity. Sheffield Theatres joined with local floristry business MoonKo to provide Witch/Craft Workshops. Deborah-Máire Moon, founder of MoonKo and former art teacher and lecturer, is a direct descendent of the real John Proctor. Together with creative facilitator Imogen Ashby and Simon Marshall, Sheffield Theatres’ Community Engagement Officer, an invited group of women will meet weekly at the Crucible to create dried flower garlands and displays.
Opera North’s Women’s Day celebration:
Opera North is celebrating International Women’s Day with a special event in the Howard Assembly Room on March 9. On an Endless Road is a concert bringing together music by and about trailblazing Japanese women, including a new composition by the concert’s curator Francesca Le Lohé. Performed by renowned singer and biwa player Akiko Kubota, for whom the piece was written especially, Itō Noe: On an Endless Road celebrates the brief, inspirational life of writer and feminist anarchist Itō Noe (1895-1923), who challenged the social and patriarchal norms of the time and was an advocate for women’s rights.
Artists’ call-out: Leeds Art Gallery, in partnership with Arts Council Collection and Lubaina Himid Projects is offering a new opportunity for Leeds artists. To celebrate Arts Council Collection’s latest touring exhibition, Found Cities, Lost Objects, currently at Leeds Art Gallery, they are inviting submissions from Leeds-based artists to create a billboard artwork or design. Three artists will be selected. Deadline for submissions is March 7 at 5pm and selected artists will be asked to finalise their artwork by March 22.